Frame for sash-pulleys.



C. TUTEUR.

FRAME FOR SASH PULLEYS.

APPLICATION FILED. JULY 22, 1913.

1;142,999. Patented June 15, 1915.

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ED STATES PATENT @FFTCE.

CHARLES TUTEUR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 STORK-TUTEUR COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FRAME FOR SASH-PUIJLEYS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed July 22, 1913. Serial No. 780,531.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES TUTEUR, a subject of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at New York, borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames for Sash-Pulleys, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to frames for sash pulleys, such as are usually applied in the corners of window frames.

One of the objects of the present invention is to so construct the frames of sash pulleys that they may be conveniently applied to window frames, and it is a distinct improvement over the means shown in my prior Patent No. 1,060,145 dated April 29th, 1913, anda further object of the present invention is to provide improved finishing plates or facings for the otherwise exposed portions of the frames.

These being among the objects of the present invention, the same consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings showing a suitable embodiment of the invention, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved pulley frame, indicating how it is applied to the corner of a window frame, parts being in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is an edge view of the improved frame; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 33 Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4.4 Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the finishing or face-plates; and Fig. 6 is a sectional view indicating how a finishing or face-plate may be applied to a portion of the pulley frame. 7

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the lintel or head 1 of the window frame and the stile or side jamb '2, may be either of wood or metal but the present invention is more particularly applicable to wooden and kalamein window frames. The corners of the windowframe are suitably cut out and recessed'to receive the improved device, which in such case is set into the corner of the window frame so that its exposed parts are flush with the lintel and stile. The housing or casing 3 is provided with bearings 4 for the shaft of the pulley 5, and said housing or casing, which constitutes the pulley supporting means is adapted to be supported by arms or bars 6 and 7 which extend at right angles to each. other away from the casing and constitute an angle bracket. The upper end of the said bracket just in front of the arm 7 is provided with a hole 8, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, through which the cord or chain which passes over the pulley 5 extends. The said casing or housing 3 is provided with an extension which is formed by two opposite members 9, 10 as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, which extension extends along the inner side or back of the arm 7. Preferably the casing or housing 3, the angle bracket and the extension 9, 10, are all cast in one piece. The side members 9, 10 of the said extension are connected at their outer ends by a cross piece or part 11, and this end portion 11 is preferably inclined as shown in Fig. 1, the inclination being on a slant toward the housing or casing 3. Beyond the inclined end portion 11, the said arm 7 is provided with a prolongation 12 which, at its outer extremity, is beveled or inclined at 13, such inclination slanting inwardly toward the housing or casing. The outer extremity of the other arm 6 is also preferably beveled or inclined, so as to have a slant toward the housing or casing. It will be seen that as the slant of the described inclined surfaces is toward the housing or casing, the pulley frame with its pulley can be more readily applied to the cut away and recessed portion of the window frame which is previously formed to receive the frame. It is obvious that if the three inclined surfaces mentioned were straight across or at right angles to the portions which have them, the recesses or mortises would have to be made larger in the window frame, and therefore more stock removed from said frame. Furthermore, the pulley frame can be placed into a window-frame after the latter has been installed in a building, as it is important that the pulley-frames be placed in position in a window-frame when the sashes are hung and not before, because otherwise if the pulleys are put into the window-frames before the latter are de livered to the building, the pulley frames would be exposed to the weather and possi bly be damaged before the sashes are hung as the window-frames very often lay around the building weeks before they are put into place in the building.

Another and distinct feature of the present invention consists in improved means for applying a finishing plate or plates to the surfaces of the arm or arms which'mlght otherwise be exposed and thus be unsightly. Preferably the finishing plates or facings are made of bronze or soft sheet brass which can be readily bent into the desired shapes and which will receive a suitable polish or lacquer. In the present invention the construction of pulley frame shown is best provided with two finishing plates or facings, and it will be clear that the improvement in the means for holding the finishing plate or facing onthe pulley frame may be adopted in connection with a pulley frame which requires but one finishing plate or facing. Figs. 1 and l illustrate the finishing plate or facing 15 for the arm 6, and this plate is provided at its outer end with an ear or lug 16 and at its inner end with an opening or recess 17, which when the said finishing plate is secured in position should come opposite the hole 8 through which the sash cord or chain passes. The outer end of said finishing plate or facing 15 is provided with a hole 18 which registers with a hole 19 in the arm 6, so that a fastening screwmay be applied and the arm 6 secured in position to the lintel. Finishing plate or facing 20 forthe arm 7is also provided with an ear or lug 20 and said plate or facing has a hole 21 which registers with a hole 22 in the arm 7 and through which holes a fastening screw is applied for securing said arm 7 to the stile.

The portion of the invention now to be described relates to the manner or method of securing the face-plates in position, and

is best illustrated in Fig. 6, although refer-- ence may be had to the other figures, and it is to be understood that this description applies equally to both of the finishing plates or facings. The preferred means for this purpose consists of rearwardly and inwardly turned flanges 24 and 25 respec-' tively at opposite edges of the plate or facing 20, and the edges of these flanges are turned inwardly toward each other as indicated at 21 and 25. The result is that opposite grooves 2 1 and 25 are formed. Ribs or tongues 26, 26 respectively are formed at opposite edges of the arm 7, and these ribs or tongues are so proportioned as to fit snugly into thcgrooves 24 and 25 The finishing plate or facing 20, provided with the attaching means preferred, is slid lon-' gitudinally' on to the arm 7 so as to cause the ribs 26, 26 to enter the grooves 248 and 25 at opposite edges of the finishing plate or facing. If an engaging connection between the finishing plate 20 and the arm 7 as described is provided, some means is preferred for securing the said plate against slipping off. To this end the portion of the metal of the finishing plate or facing aroundthe hole '21 is upset into the preferably conical hole 22 in the arm 7, by forcing it into the form shown at 23 of Fig. 6. Not only does this constitute a securing means for the said finishing plate or facing, but the outer end of the hole 22 is finished off and is'not unsightly. As indicated in Fig. 5, the other finishing plateorfacing 15 is provided with r pulley frame, which may not makeit deslrable or necessary "to upset the finishing 1 plate after it has once been applied to the pulley frame, and this and other modifications of which the invention is equally susceptible need not be illustrated, as modifications within the lnvention as pointed out in the claims will be obvious to-those skilled in the art. 7

What I' claim as new is 1. A pulley frame, comprising a pulleyhousing, a downward extension from said housing having below the said housing an inclined end portion which slants inwardly 3; A pulley frame, comprising a pulleyhousing, an angle bracket supporting it, an

extension from said housing extending along the mner slde of the lower arm of sald bracket and havlng an inclined end portion toward the pulley bearing, and a further which slants inwardly from said inner side of said bracket toward thepulley bearing.

4. A pulley frame,icomprising a pulleyhousing, an angle bracket supporting it, an extension from said .housing extending along the inner side of the lower arm of said bracket and having an inclined end portion which slants inwardly toward the pulley bearing, the arms of said bracket projecting beyond said housing and extension.

5. A pulley frame, comprisingapulleyextension from said housing extending along the inner side of one arm of said housing, an angle bracket supporting it, an

bracket and having an inclined end portion which slants inwardly toward the pulley bearing, the arms of said bracket projecting beyond said housing and extension, and having beveled extremities inclined toward said housing.

6. A pulley frame, comprising pulley supporting means, and an angle bracket carrying the same and having beveled extremities, which are inclined inwardly toward said pulleysupporting means.

7. In a pulley frame, the combination of pulley supporting means, an arm extending therefrom, and a finishing facing applied to the outer surface of said arm, and having side flanges bent onto the edges of said arm, said arm being substantially co-extensive with said facing.

8. In a pulley frame, the combination of pulley supporting means, an arm extending therefrom, and a finishing facing applied to the outer surface of said arm, and having side flanges extending over the edges of said arm, the edge portions of which flanges are bent inwardly toward each other and extend over onto the opposite surface of said arm, and the free edges of said flanges facing each other.

9. In a pulley frame, the combination of pulley supporting means, an angle bracket carrying the same and cast integral therewith, and finishing facings of superior metal secured to the outer surfaces of both arms of said bracket, said facings meeting at the inner angle of said bracket.

10. In a pulley frame, the combination of pulley supporting means, an arm extending therefrom, and a finishing facing having a tongue and groove connection with said arm, said facing being slidable onto said arm.

11. In a pulley frame, the combination of pulley supporting means, an arm extending therefrom, and a finishing facing having a tongue and groove connection with said arm, there being a tongue on opposite edges of said arm, and a groove at opposite edges of said finishing plate to receive said tongues, said facing being slidable onto said arm.

12. A finishing plate for a pulley frame, the same comprising a plate body and side flanges turned backwardly and inwardly from said body, the free edges of said flanges facing each other.

18. A finishing plate for a pulley frame, the same comprising a plate body and side flanges turned backwardly and inwardly from said body, the free edges of said flanges facing each other, together with an extension from said plate provided with a fastening hole.

14. In combination with a pulley-frame, a finishing plate or facing having an edge connection therewith throughout two edges of said frame.

15. In combination with a pulleyframe, a finishing plate or facing having a sliding connection therewith in the assembling of said parts, said connection extending approximately the full length of said plate or facing.

16. In combination with a pulley-frame, a finishing plate or facing having a sliding connection therewith in the assembling of said parts and said connection extending approximately the full length of said plate or facing, and means for fixing said plate or facing against sliding.

17 In combination with a pulley-frame, a finishing plate or facing which is secured thereto throughout two edges of said frame, and which is also secured thereto between said edges.

18. In combination with a pulley frame, a finishing plate or facing having a sliding connection with said frame along the length of said frame, whereby said parts may be engaged end for end in the assembly thereof.

CHARLES TUTEUR.

Witnesses:

Gno. L. WHnELooK, BEATRICE Mmvrs.

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